I know PWCs get a lot of bad press, but when I was singlehandedly recovering a mate's RIB last night, (long story), two members of a family jetski-ing and messing with a ringo in Warrenpoint harbour reversed the van and trailer down the slip and and attached the winch strap to the RIB after I drove up to the trailer and then proceeded to winch me up onto the trailer, just so I did not have to tie the boat up, get the trailer reversed and generally run round like a demented chicken.

So well done those complete strangers, helping someone who was dreading his first single handed retrieval.

similar experience yesterday launching at Loe on my own . My 4wd is in the garage and its a slip where My transit isn't great for launching . The jetskiers stood by helped me push the boat off the bunks and then held onto it while i parked . Without them I would have had to wait at least another half hour for the tide .